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REMARKS BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD MEETING OF DIRECTORS OF YOUTH AFFAIRS, 3 AUGUST 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Salutations Let me start by saying something you already know: That change is taking place all around us; global changes in the form of liberalisation and new technologies are taking place at a rate that is unprecedented; That young people are among those increasingly vulnerable to poverty, social and economic marginalisation, alienation and a number of other social ills; That…
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Marathon Session Results in Framework Agreement for WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA)
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The WTO General Council last week approved a Framework which sets out the parameters for continued DDA negotiations. WTO Members negotiated intensively for two weeks prior to culminating in a marathon session which began at 5pm on Friday July 30, and ended almost 24 hours later on Saturday afternoon. The Framework single undertaking, referred to as…
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CSME TO BOOST ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Mr. Edwin Carrington says one aim of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is the creation of a single economic space within which artists can continue to express and strengthen the Region's unique culture and shared identity. Mr. Carrington was speaking at the Secretariat's Georgetown headquarters on Wednesday (August 4) during a function,…
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CARICOM BUREAU MAKES RECOMMENDATION ON HAITI
The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – comprising the Chairman (the Prime Minister of Grenada), the Immediate Past Chairman (the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda), the Next Chairman (the President of Suriname) and the Secretary-General – has arrived at a recommendation on the Community's relations with the Interim Administration of Haiti.…
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CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS URGED TO LEAD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS.
Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Head with responsibility for Health and HIV/AIDS, Dr. the Honourable Denzil Douglas has charged CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYA) at a workshop in St. Kitts and Nevis to become effective change agents in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Addressing the youths on the final day of their four-day strategic planning workshop…
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CARICOM HEADS TO CONSIDER SINGLE MARKET, SUGAR AT UPCOMING REGULAR MEETING
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have a packed agenda before them for the upcoming 25th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, which runs from July 4 through July 7 in Grande Anse, Grenada. High on the agenda will be a focus on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), which is geared towards…
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Caribbean Trade Officials to Participate in WTO General Council Meeting
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – A Caribbean delegation of trade experts led by the Honourable Minister of Trade in the Republic of Guyana, Clement Rohee, has left the region for Geneva this week to participate in what is shaping up to look like one of the most crucial turning points to date in the WTO talks. Subsequent to the release on…
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In keeping with the decision taken by Heads of Government at their 25th Regular Meeting in Grenada 4-7 July, the 18th meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be held at Grand Anse, Grenada on Wednesday (July 28) to receive the report of the CARICOM Ministerial team which visited Haiti earlier this month. The Bureau is comprised of the Chairman (The Prime Minister of Grenada), the Outgoing Chairman (The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda), the Incoming Chairman (The President of Suriname), and the Secretary General. With the aim of the meeting being to receive the report on Haiti, members of the CARICOM Core Group on Haiti are expected to be in attendance. This means that other Heads of Government expected to particip
In keeping with the decision taken by Heads of Government at their 25th Regular Meeting in Grenada 4-7 July, the 18th meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be held at Grand Anse, Grenada on Wednesday (July 28) to receive the report of the CARICOM Ministerial team which visited Haiti…
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HONOURING AND REMEMBERING THE ELDERLY: CARICOM CELEBRATES THIRTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Saturday, 24 July 2004 will, no doubt, be a special day for a number of Guyanese senior citizens and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat staff as they, under the theme Remembering and Honouring the Elderly, celebrate the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the Community. On this day, in a mark of recognition of this important, yet often times forgotten section…
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